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onion rings

When you get a hankering for something crispy, junky and fried theres little else that can hit the spot. That was exactly my mind set just a couple hours ago, I wanted fried and I wanted it now. Onion rings seemed like the perfect idea, however I decided to make one substitution…bake it! These onion rings definitely hit the spot without the extra oil and saturated fat. That’s not to say that these are something you should be making daily… but when you have that craving why not make it a little bit healthier?

For the batter I had a 3 separate bowl system. The first bowl had flour, the second a combination of buttermilk, flour and egg. While the third had a mixture of breadcrumbs, salt, pepper, dried oregano, chilli flakes and fresh rosemary. These onion rings are simple enough to make: dip onion rounds in flour, drench them in the buttermilk mixture followed by a generous coating of the breadcrumb composite. Bake at 425°F for approximately 15 minutes and you’re finished!

While delicious on their own, these are equally good when dipped in Sriracha sauce. However if you’re feeling a little more adventurous I’m sure these would be fantastic with a chipotle mayo or cream-style dip. Yum!

As promised today’s post features another meal from The Works. Met up with a friend for dinner last night. We pretty much just had a friend day, we did some shopping, went to the mall then it was back to her place for a movie night. We bought chips and chocolate for our late night double feature; somehow we thought we’d either get hungry during the movie or have room for snacks…but nope that didn’t happen. I woke up this morning still full from last night. Literally.

We decided to get an appetizer last night (we both didn’t really eat lunch and were almost ravenous). Our starter of choice? The Tower O-Rings! A stack of perfectly crispy onion rings piled high, with a side of chiptole mayo. These onion rings are delicious; theres no getting around it, they are greasy to the touch but they aren’t the slightest bit soggy. Perfectly crunchy and the creamy kick from the chiptole mayo was a really nice mix.

Next were our mains! Before we had even left for the day I knew what I would be ordering. If you read my last The Works post here, this is the burger I had originally intended to get during that trip. So it was no surprise that I settled on the Crappy Tire. This burger features a grilled pineapple ring, sweet and spicy sauce with a slice of brie cheese. I ordered mine on a gourmet veggie patty with a whole wheat bun. This was in the Gettin’ Saucy section of the menu and saucy it was! This burger, although quite tasty, had me wishing for a wet wipe! The sweet and spicy sauce just dripped down the burger; I can say that it does taste quite good on the spicy die cut chips though. I finished off my order with my go-to side of choice, the spicy die cut chips, this time with beechhouse sauce on the side.

In all honestly I took half of my burger and most of my side in a takeout container (wait until you see the rest of this post, we ordered a lot!) which I ate earlier today. Because of the pineapple this burger is quite sweet even with the sweet and spicy sauce (which is more of a tang than a spiciness). I added some sriracha on my burger and was it ever tasty! That added kick really brought out the flavours.

Now onto my friend JP’s meal! She ordered the B.A.B burger which features cheddar cheese, tomato, fresh red onion and a garlic sauce. She ordered hers on a chicken breast with a whole wheat bun finishing off her order with a side of spicy die cut chips.

As if our order wasn’t enough already we rounded out our meal with milkshakes! I mean how could we not! These were in the 8 oz. kids sizes of course. I ordered the 2001 Shake Odyssey (left), the same one i ordered on my last visit. JP ordered a Peanut Butter, Chocolate, Banana shake. Yup pretty sure I’m still recovering from my food baby.